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Wifey’s top ten iPad things!

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We got one!

This post is by Fonnie Hassing, Voice of Reason at The Feisty Empire.

Paul wasn’t at all sure about getting an iPad, but I was.

So we bought one, just before our holiday – during which time we had plenty of time to check it out.

Here are my ten favourite things about it:

1. The iPad is extremely useful for research when away on holiday (e.g. checking weather, planning dog walks at low tide, finding fish and chip shops and following maps).

2. It’s much easier to email from the iPad than my iPhone because the keyboard is bigger (though not big enough to make full use of touch-typing skills).

3. We no longer need a back-up PC in our home. The one falling to pieces in our lounge room can now be used for parts or sold.

4. Nor is there any need for a laptop for now. If we have to work away from home, the iPad is good enough.

5. We can YouTube more easily and so access any music that’s not in our collection. Unlike my iPhone, the screen is big enough to view clips. It has better sound quality too.

6. To date, we’ve only used a small fraction of our existing cable broadband plan. It’s great that the iPad can use this plan without any additional cost. Even better, the iPad is sensitive enough to consistently pick up our Wi-Fi network (which our second PC could not).

7. If we’re not in a location that has free Wi-Fi, we can use my iPhone as a personal hotspot (i.e. a defacto modem). My iPhone plan gives me 1GB download per month which I use very little of, so this is extremely useful when we’re away from home.

8. We didn’t have to buy an iPad with the largest storage capacity to be able to access all our music. Our 18 GB of music is stored in the iCloud which we can access from our 16 GB iPad. This kept the cost down. Even better, we can plug our big old PC speakers into the iPad for excellent stereo sound quality at high volume.

9. We bought an iPad 2 instead of the new iPad because we decided to familiarise ourselves on the base model. Plus, it was available right now and the benefits we’d heard of for the new iPad (e.g. better resolution) weren’t essential to our requirements.

10. If I can sell Apple products to Paul, he might consider buying the 27-inch Apple iMac to make the endless hours he spends working at his computer a whole lot better. We might even get a novel out of him and that would be awesome!

Sent from my

iPad!

Fonnie Hassing | Voice of Reason – The Feisty Empire

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My Business Partner

April 26, 2012 at 11:27 am

Congratulations on your first blog Fonnie, we look forward to many more

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Desolie Page

April 26, 2012 at 11:31 am

Well done, Fronnie (who definitely deserves to be nominated the Voice of Reason)

My husband recently bought one to eliminate the huge pile of newspapers we collect. So far, that’s all he’s used it for – although I’ve snuck a few things on to it.

But I’ll definitely explore the Personal Hotspot option as he’s chosen just to use the built-in WiFi connection.

Hope you manage to contain Paul once he’s convinced of its value, especially if it means that novel will be finished.

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Bridie Jenner

April 26, 2012 at 11:39 am

Thank you for your wonderful post Fonnie, I will be sharing this with my husband who is in the “You don’t need an iPad” camp…

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Leanne Berry

April 26, 2012 at 11:41 am

Hi Fonnie

Ripper post!!! Watch out Paul!!!

I love my iPad – my laptop gets very little use now and its so much easier to carry around in the handbag rather then lugging another bag with the latop

I agree with everything on your list and here is a few more!

Wait till you start reading books on it – Im reading George RR Martin – Game of Thrones – it comes everywhere with me in my handbag (again although I do love books, when travelling I don’t need the extra kgs!)

I have some great note taking and recorder apps – fantastic for meetings

I keep all my flight and accommodation details in exchange email or as PDF’s though Documents to Go so no more paper!

Most banks now have a mobile app and its easier to use on the iPad

I could go on and on too!

As a comparison I just bought my daughter an Asus Transformer tablet for her 21st and I must sau Im also impressed with this tablet

Can’t wait to see the tablets that flood the market when Windows 8 is launched

Im yet to be convinced to change all our technology to Apple just yet however

Look forward to your next posting gem

Leanne

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Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire

April 26, 2012 at 11:48 am

What a wonderful reaction to Fonnie’s first blog post! She’s out and about just now, so I’m not sure if she’ll field these comments or hand over to me. Either way, I’m extremely grateful for your kind feedback.

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Leah Klugt

April 26, 2012 at 12:32 pm

WELCOME FONNIE! How exciting, I’m with Leanne – “Watch out Paul!”

I, so far, have managed to stay away from yet another accessory I will spend all my time on. I’m already an Apple convert (not hard being a designer), iPhone, iPod, Mac Book Pro.

You’ve given me some more reasons to stop making excuses!

Would love to hear more about point #7 – does this mean you use your iPhone’s 3G on your iPad? If so, COOL!

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  Leanne Berry
  
  April 26, 2012 at 12:40 pm
  
  Hi Leah
  
  Most smartphones have the ability to act as a “modem”
  
  On the iPhone go to Setting then to Personal Hotspot turn it on and follow the instructions to use your iPhone for you internet connection – you can connect with wi-fi, bluetooth or USB to another device such as laptop or tablet
  
  Caution must be taken with this however as you are using the data plan on your phone
  
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    Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
    
    April 26, 2012 at 12:45 pm
    
    Spot on, Leanne! Fonnie has been regularly monitoring our ISP billing site to ensure her hotspot doesn’t burn a hole in our pocket!
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    Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
    
    April 26, 2012 at 12:49 pm
    
    Another stunning revelation was that I actually got TWO things done during a phone call to our ISP. We sorted out how to make the iPad use Fonnie’s hotspot AND our home Wi-Fi modem.
    
    Perhaps our ISP is lifting its game before the national broadband network explodes the market to smithereens. Whatever the reason, I had to be revived after such an unusually successful encounter.
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    Leah Klugt
    
    April 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm
    
    Im so behind! Thanks, though. One more reason to get one
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    Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
    
    April 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm
    
    You’re still streets ahead of me, Leah!
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Adam Finlay

April 26, 2012 at 12:51 pm

Welcome to the new century! I’m so 5-decades ago myself. And Paul on a Mac? What will become of World o’ Tanks, or Panzerland, or World of Witchcraft etc.? (I don’t know the names.)

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  Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
  
  April 26, 2012 at 12:56 pm
  
  Hi, Ad! I When in JB Hi-Fi, I spoke at length to the excellent Apple rep about Company of Heroes and World of Tanks. He’s a Battlefield 3 guy, so I wasn’t totally conviced about emulations and suchlike. Nor did gamer forums endorse the prospect of Mac combatants. Investigations continue …
  
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    Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
    
    April 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm
    
    Speaking of World of Tanks, I recently found the best example of Machinima I’ve ever seen:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2PWIowvZI&feature=player_embedded
    
    Ironically, this footage was very likely PLAYED on a PC but ASSEMBLED on a Mac! Funny old world …
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    Paul Hassing Founder & Senior Writer - The Feisty Empire
    
    April 26, 2012 at 1:02 pm
    
    BTW, we must do a post on the pros and cons of nesting a branded retail site within a larger store.
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Adam Finlay

April 26, 2012 at 1:01 pm

You can just run Windows on a Mac of course. That might solve it. Onward, Squadron Leader. Out.

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Leon Noone

April 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm

G’Day Fonnie,
You forgot to mention how easy it is for Paul to check the footy scores on the iPad. Perhaps we could commence a project to Macerate him from the 20th Century.

Those reformed HR blokes are hard to change tho.

Best Wishes
Leon

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Fontella Hassing

April 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm

Thank you all so much for your generous comments and feedback. It’s much appreciated.

Regards,
Fonnie

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Jason Hess

April 26, 2012 at 11:02 pm

Top post Fonnie! J

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Tash Hughes

April 27, 2012 at 2:31 pm

Great list – and welcome to the world of posting on blogs, Fonnie

Afraid the list hasn’t converted me yet – I don’t have an iPhone so some of your advantages just don’t affect me anyway (my phone has no net connections at all!) But still tempted nonetheless!

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Winston Marsh

April 28, 2012 at 12:23 pm

Congratulations Fonnie on dragging Paul into the wonders of the i-pad world. I’ve only ben using it a little while but am continually amazed by what it can do if I know what I want to do!

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